New policy comes after serious quality control questions were raised about the data relied on by a study in the medical journal

Some of the leading candidates might work better for the richest people in the world, simply on account of how they're made.

Months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, some people are still battling crushing fatigue, lung damage and other symptoms of 'long COVID'.

The government and vice-chancellors have a duty of care, yet in too many colleges, Covid security is mere hygiene theatre.

Researchers stress need for antenatal care, as emerging data link disrupted pregnancy services to increase in stillbirths.

Open letter flags results that appear to be duplicated and calls for access to the underlying data on the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for widespread use.

Researchers say drug companies need to be more open about how vaccine trials are run to reassure Americans who are skittish about getting a coronavirus vaccine.

During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of herd immunity has become a topic of much debate. This Comment examines the factors that determine it, discusses how far we have come and considers what it will take to reach herd immunity safely.

An advocacy group calls for funders and institutions to launch flexible grant and fellowship schemes and equity programmes.

Expert behind vaccine confidence report points to halting of Oxford Covid trial as example.

It's not just the lungs - the pathogen may enter brain cells, causing symptoms like delirium and confusion, scientists reported.

The pandemic has worsened the plight of postdoctoral researchers. Funders need to be offering more than moral support.

The pandemic has shown how a lack of solid statistics can be dangerous. But even with the firmest of evidence, we often end up ignoring the facts we don't like.

Universal facial masking might help reduce the severity of SARS-CoV-2 and ensure that a greater proportion of new infections are asymptomatic.

The COVID-19 pandemic is severely pressuring a long-building rise in worldwide innovation, likely hindering some innovative activities while catalyzing ingenuity elsewhere, notably in the health sector, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020.

After COVID-19 researchers on the East Coast received a package containing an "unknown substance," the University of Washington told 500 of its staff to be on alert.

EMBL will hold a virtual conference, 'The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women in science: Challenges and solutions' on 9 September.

UKs Labour Party calls on health secretary to explain reasons behind increase and testing centre problems.

The intelligence wars over vaccine research have intensified as China and Russia expand their efforts to steal American work at both research institutes and companies.

Test results in 24 hours, temperature checks at every store, no fights over masks.

The coronavirus is spiking around campuses from Texas to Iowa to North Carolina as students return.

Research suggests musicians can reduce infections by decreasing volume.